Trump and Senator Cotton Embrace Enhanced Testing & Face Kilotons of Surprises – Hindi

ट्रंप और सिनेटर कॉटन ने किया अधिक परीक्षण का निर्णय और कर रहे हैं चौतरफा विरोध का सामना

रॉबर्ट केली का दृष्टिकोण

वियना (आईडीएन) – अफवाहों की भरमार है कि अमेरिका निकट भविष्य में एक परमाणु परीक्षण करने पर विचार कर रहा है। अमेरिकी सिनेट में लाए गए कानून से लगता है कि यह खोखली धमकी नहीं है। हाल के संशोधन में कहा गया है: “आवश्यकता पड़ने पर परमाणु परीक्षण करने के लिए आवश्यक समय को कम करने से संबंधित परियोजनाएँ पूरी करना,” यह धमकी उन राजनैतिक और तकनीकी कठिनाईयों की समझ के पूर्ण अभाव का संकेत है जो ऐसी कार्रवाई से उत्पन्न हो सकती हैं।

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A Warrior for Nuclear Peace Dies But His Message Reverberates

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*

Photo: Bruce Blair. Credit: Matt Stanley, mattstanleyphoto.com

LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Bruce Blair, one of the great unsung heroes of the nuclear bomb age, died on July 19 at the age of 72. In his twenties he had been an intercontinental nuclear rocket launch officer, spending his days or nights deep down in a below-ground bunker waiting for the signal to fire and obliterate the cities and their people, the workers of all classes, pensioners and the totally innocent children of western Russia. [2020–07-28 | 10] ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI

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A Warrior for Nuclear Peace Dies But His Message Reverberates

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*Photo: Bruce Blair. Credit: Matt Stanley, mattstanleyphoto.com

LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Bruce Blair, one of the great unsung heroes of the nuclear bomb age, died on July 19 at the age of 72. In his twenties he had been an intercontinental nuclear rocket launch officer, spending his days or nights deep down in a below-ground bunker waiting for the signal to fire and obliterate the cities and their people, the workers of all classes, pensioners and the totally innocent children of western Russia. [2020–07-28 | 10] ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI

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Political and Security Implications of a New NATO Strategy in the Making

By Xanthe Hall

The writer belongs to IPPNW Germany. This article first appeared on IPPNW Peace & Health Blog. Please click here for the original link.

Photo: Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joe Dunford, at NATO HQ in Brussels, 2018. Credit: Dominique Pineiro / public domain

BERLIN (IDN) – You could be excused for having missed the fact that NATO is in the process of updating its nuclear strategy, including substantial and significant steps. These include technologically more ambitious weapons that can be used more easily. This is the implementation of a decision made at the NATO Warsaw Summit in 2016 to revise nuclear strategy. [2020–07-17]

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Trump and Senator Cotton Embrace Enhanced Testing & Face Kilotons of Surprises

Viewpoint by Robert Kelley

VIENNA (IDN) – There are growing rumours that the United States is considering carrying out a nuclear test in the near future. Legislation introduced in the United States Senate suggests that this may not be an idle threat. The language in the recent amendment reads: “carry out projects related to reducing the time required to execute a nuclear test if necessary,” This threat indicates a complete lack of understanding of the political and technical difficulties such a move would introduce. [2020–07-14 | 09] HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Trump and Senator Cotton Embrace Enhanced Testing & Face Kilotons of Surprises

Viewpoint by Robert Kelley

VIENNA (IDN) – There are growing rumours that the United States is considering carrying out a nuclear test in the near future. Legislation introduced in the United States Senate suggests that this may not be an idle threat. The language in the recent amendment reads: “carry out projects related to reducing the time required to execute a nuclear test if necessary,” This threat indicates a complete lack of understanding of the political and technical difficulties such a move would introduce. [2020–07-14 | 09] HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Okinawa Governor Refuses to Host Prohibited U.S. Nuclear Missiles

沖縄県知事、禁止されている米核ミサイルの配備を拒否

【ジュネーブIDN＝ジャヤ・ラマチャンドラン】

沖縄県の玉城デニー知事が、中国に脅威を与えるミサイルを沖縄に配備する計画を拒否した。この計画は明らかに、中国に対抗し、沖縄から５００キロ離れた台湾の重要性を引き上げようとするドナルド・トランプ大統領の方針の一環である。玉城知事は、ミサイルを沖縄に配備する計画が進むようであれば、「沖縄住民からの激しい反対にあうことは容易に予想できる。」と語った。

沖縄は台湾と本州の間、東シナ海に浮かぶ１５０以上の島々からなる日本最南端の県だ。熱帯の気候、広い砂浜とサンゴ礁、さらには第二次世界大戦の激戦地としても知られている。

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Combating the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Needs ‘Responsible’ Media

｜視点｜核兵器の脅威と闘うには「責任ある」メディアが必要（ジャルガルサイハン・エンクサイハン元モンゴル国連大使）

【ウランバートルIDN＝J・エンクサイハン】

２０２０年の前半は、世界がますます緊密に繋がってきていること、そして、国境がない３つの生存上の脅威（①大量破壊兵器の存在、②気候変動、③新型コロナウィルス感染症のパンデミック）に対処するには、各国政府とあらゆるステークホールダーが協力し合うことが不可欠であるという現実を、私たちが改めて突き付けられた期間となった。

こうした脅威に対して何の対策も取らず、無視を決め込むことは、それ自体が第４の脅威となる。また、国際環境にマイナスの影響を及ぼす大国間の政治的・経済的角逐が強まりつつある。

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Young Leaders Across Northeast Asia Tackle Challenging Security Questions

By UNODA

Photo: Northeast Asian youth leaders from the “Perspectives for Dialogues in Northeast Asia”, organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in June 2019. Credit: UNODA

NEW YORK (IDN) – The nine-member youth Steering Committee for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Northeast Asia engaged with United Nations staff earlier in July on a range of pressing international security challenges.

Their webinar discussions were part of a wider learning series organized by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) to help the young leaders prepare for an upcoming meeting in the Republic of Korea on disarmament and non-proliferation topics. [2020–07-10]

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Rethinking Security: Nuclear Sharing in Europe in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Angelika Claussen

Image credit: ICAN

Dr. Claussen, a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, is IPPNW’s Regional Vice President for Europe. This article first appeared on IPPNW Peace & Health Blog. Please click here for the original link.

BERLIN (IDN) – The global COVID-19 pandemic is making it clear that governments must rethink security. Our future challenges lie in establishing a good healthcare system in every country of our planet, in fighting climate change and in achieving the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations. [2020–07-07]

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